The patterns of vascular plant discoveries in China.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

(1) To understand geographic patterns of species discovery by examining the effect of growth form, range size, and geographic distribution on discovery probability of vascular plant species in China; (2) to find out which taxa harbor the largest number of undiscovered species and where those species locate; and (3) to find out the determinants of province-level mean discovery time and inventory completeness.

Location

China.

Methods

We compiled the discovery time and province-level geographic distributions of ~31,000 vascular plant species described between 1753 and 2013 from Flora of China. We used a Cox proportional hazard model to determine the biological and geographic correlates of discovery probability. Accumulation curves of species discoveries were f

SUBMITTER: Lu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8462150 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature